For all rapid chess competitions each player will have 15 minutes plus 10 seconds per move, starting from move one (G15’+10”), for the whole game.
| OPEN SECTION | ||
| NAME | FED | RAPID RATING |
| Wang, Hao | CHN | 2795 |
| Yu, Yangyi | CHN | 2784 |
| Andreikin, Dmitry | RUS | 2759 |
| Korobov, Anton | UKR | 2756 |
| Dominguez Perez, Leinier | USA | 2752 |
| Rapport, Richard | HUN | 2739 |
| Bu, Xiangzhi | CHN | 2722 |
| Gelfand, Boris | ISR | 2719 |
| Fedoseev, Vladimir | RUS | 2718 |
| Le, Quang Liem | VIE | 2706 |
| Leko, Peter | HUN | 2702 |
| Ponomariov, Ruslan | UKR | 2682 |
| Mamedov, Rauf | AZE | 2667 |
| Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi | IND | 2664 |
| Cheparinov, Ivan | GEO | 2629 |
| Jones, Gawain C B | ENG | 2622 |
| WOMEN SECTION | ||
| NAME | FED | RAPID RATING |
| Lei, Tingjie | CHN | 2528 |
| Muzychuk, Mariya | UKR | 2511 |
| Kosteniuk, Alexandra | RUS | 2498 |
| Gunina, Valentina | RUS | 2491 |
| Abdumalik, Zhansaya | KAZ | 2490 |
| Tan, Zhongyi | CHN | 2482 |
| Dzagnidze, Nana | GEO | 2474 |
| Koneru, Humpy | IND | 2472 |
| Stefanova, Antoaneta | BUL | 2455 |
| Ushenina, Anna | UKR | 2444 |
| Harika, Dronavalli | IND | 2440 |
| Bodnaruk, Anastasia | RUS | 2437 |
| Krush, Irina | USA | 2430 |
| Paehtz, Elisabeth | GER | 2420 |
| Zhao, Xue | CHN | 2419 |
| Khotenashvili, Bela | GEO | 2406 |